Biscuit or like embossing and cutting machine



T. VICARS ET AL BISCUIT 0R LIKE EMBOSSING AND CUTTING MACHINE June 5, 1923.

Filed Jan. 5, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 5,1923. 1,457,760

T. VICARS ET AL BISCUIT OR LIKE EMBOSSING AND CUTTING MACHINE Filed Jan. 5, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 19 l jiij 7 3 12 ----g j 1 r- 2 I0 2 i 1 I Izavead'ars Z'Vdcans Patented June 19 23.

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in it-e3 ILYNTON views fo ,iims item inseam" 03 ;LIK-E EM'BQSSING am) humanism; iriiostmn Application filed "January like c tting o m QSSiIlg tn achi esend nio qp r icul rly :to u i g ta le f; Such 15 me h'in sns sh w inmate-Pend n app ication, filed ecem e 22,1929, i Se ie um- -ber AS25588, wherei the uppe ipa t (c th table is adapt t J aise iq ilewsre e it I't 'Tt -lk .d ie en inclinati n lo g u i- ;-,I.1a1lye 0 changingsth relat oi i rtl a l itQ' cu ng and em s ingielsm l s, nd

:the inven i n has prima y o iitspbj c -to p id ii pre e n in ii iestip with such tab es whereby t eyier i s d r e smelly mo ser i ea a d nv ien i GQI DQC Q KW the wbr {that i k or li P nformedrin: su ha iach -n 'sfi an s- -thetal the c ndit on van equ ements. tithe 9pations Wh chren :to kPQ if QRmQd se fle met and advantageously eiiectejcl.

The present invention' comprises means whereby i the upperfpart of the table is adapted not only to be raised o l-flowered so as to take diiierent:inclinationsdongitudinally, but also transversely,;= that ,is,' by the means employed the table may be raised and lowered bodily, or one end raised or lowered, or the other raised and lowered; and

also it can be adjusted so as to take difier ent inclinations transversely; the means employed for these adjustments being separate. The means for the different adjustments referred to are illustrated inthe annexedv drawings, andare hereinafter described in connection with them, whilst the features claimed as novel in respect of the invention, are specified or set out in the several claiming'clauses concluding the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a frontelevation, Figure 2 a plan, and Figure 3 a cross section of the table showing thevarious adjusting means.

With regard to the means by which the v r tfietief i henil h -s e sarsa eat nd s .re eren eto bi cu t Or,

1tab eii y.b 4iifiiiil tt t name ya i JlQ -v cred bodily, or" one o'rloth'ei' end-'rais edor tl ivsr me b s e e Qwe es h sc si t ,o .ss ge sash nd gofrthei ta ope and thy W e .Of heed re eated issa siprefemb y ,Q' milt n 1- 0 &

r nged n ad tedih l e -msy' eith wn in -e ga emen iw tl iee h ether. rilt'eii a h n rt are -vor de q herghy 9- 111* 'be werke'd imi twie i s1y;Iso i111" h tahl will ,be ,bp'dilyraised 3 or lowered; i01 ithe; w hes-hand ihien h y ares i leii e e i ram iee eneth ii Q1 0 e h ;si i h 's es latthe.eppesi ee s Q ath teble' il -zDignity le ep re s z y ,mai i qnm Qt'heir rt of the hand operating gear. .l .With regard to ,the {screw gear, .thiS'aQOn-J tten p oy e serted;i al 'th ysa r veete ii-re retetle iby se ia o l k ihs s t6 9.11 th i lo er-end fi in n s iwndins-square iil k helesin 1 bp n ih bed portion ,2 ;;but free, to, befTscrewed 1i ,and dens-I; fi hi s ew up ei d do ii ti l fit b rew geanwheels A, the. bosses ;5.ioi {which at 'iiits naHy thi de swit the threadsjQ-f,the studs hmesh; I I j I h inea otteet iw rmwhe t ttach a lm shawith ea the seed they sit driven by the worms' 9 l andilo ongthe con centric hollow and solid shafts 11 and .12, re;

spectively; 10 meshing with the wheels 4 at the further end of the table, and 9 meshingv I with those of the Wheels 4 .on of the table. j I 5 The up er rounded'ends of the studs 1 fit into cup s apedrecesses in the under-surface of the upper portion 3 ofthe table.

The base 2 of the table has curved trunnions or journals 13 being sections of acyl inder, which fit and rest in two correspond- I ing curved seats vor hearings in the framing of the machine-'not"shownthe center of the curves of which lie in or about, or near I Q en se men m n w e 'i i sesement':

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the'n'earer end ing on a threaded rod 17 mounted on a suitportion 13 by screw studs 19; Thus by, screwing the hand wheel 16 up or down the" threaded shaft or rod 17, the table can be adjusted transversely, that is rocked about the supports or bearings in-whichthe trun nions 13 rest, the movement being limited at the stops 20. r

In the case shown the rod 17 is secured to a shaft 21 which may be a shaft of the machine.

The means of operating the gear wheels 9, l and their shafts 11 and 12, consist of two hand wheels 22,23, on the shafts 11 and 12 respectively, the hubs of which constitute a clutch, one'having pins or dowels 2 1, and the other having holes 25 into which the pins or dowels may-pass; and one of these I wheels, say 28, may be moved longitudinally away from or up to the other by a screw gear consisting of an internally threaded cap nut 26 mounted on the reduced end of the spindle 12 as shown, the internal thread of which meshes with the externally threaded projecting boss 28 of the wheel 23, which is on a feather or key on the shaft 12.

Thus by turning this nut 26, the wheel 23 will be moved away from 22, and the dowels 24 will be moved out .of the holes or recesses 25, so that the two wheels are disengaged,

and the two different gear wheels 9 and 10' connected with their separate sets of wheels down can be effected.

chine, including a cutting table composed of a base portion and an upper portion for receiving the biscuits to be cut, means for adj usting the base portion on its longitudinal axis, and means for raising or lowering the upper portion relative to the base and for adjusting said upper portion-on its transverse axis. I

3. A biscuit cutting chine, includin a cutting table composed of a base portion and an upper portion for receiving the biscuits to be cut, means for ad justing'the base portion about its longitudinal axis, and means carried bythe base poi tion for adjusting the upper portion, 'including a pair of intermeshing gears rotatably mounted in the base at each end thereof, having rods extending axially therethrough to engage the upper portion,1said rods being in screw-threaded engagement with said gears and being held against rotation, and means adapted for operating each pair of gears independent of the other pair for ad Thus by the gear mechanism described, the diiferent species of adjustment specified and embossing majusting the upper portion "on its transverse axis or interengaged and operated together for raising or lowerlng the upper portion.

In testimony whereof we have signed our 2 names to this specification 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

t THOMAS VICARS.

E. LYNTON VICARS.

Witnesses: I I

a G. PEROIVAL MAsoN,

WM. JNo. JENKINS; v7 

